By the 1790s, orphaned Barney Bean finally has his own farm in the early NSW colony. All his dreams are coming true!

Black Caesar claims he is an ex-slave who vowed to be free. Or is he a laughing villain, a trickster who plans to terrorise the colony?

Should Barney help him? Or does he risk losing everything - including his life?

In this third title in The Secret Histories series, award-winning author and Children's Laureate Jackie French has researched the life of little-known John Black Caesar, who was Australia's first recorded bushranger.

This book is part of a book series called Secret History .

This book has been graded for interest at 7+ years.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd .

Jackie French is the author of Hitler's Daughter, To the Moon and Back, Macbeth and Son, and Josephine Wants to Dance.